A temple in Seki, Gifu Prefecture, has been seeing a threefold surge in the number of visitors since late October, as a rugby boom led to the discovery that the Buddha statue there resembles a star Japanese player preparing to kick. The 3-meter-tall statue at the Seki Zenkoji Temple clasps its hands together in a peculiar style that conjured up the image of rugby player Ayumu Goromaru in rugby fans’ minds. Temple master Shunkai Sato said several visitors told him about the resemblance between the statue and Goromaru’s signature pose during the Rugby World Cup in England. The priest then made a Facebook post about the statue, generating even more buzz. The statue came to Japan from China about 100 years ago, according to the priest.